franphil Chapter 263 Tudor
Chapter 263 Tudor
Chapter 263 Tudor
The White Emperor's teasing of the little creature, using other people's fortunes as his gambling chips, has indeed led to some truly laughable and absurd situations.
Because the Hermit is a deity who is not bound by race, identity, or belief, there are a considerable number of wild, unaffiliated followers who only think of the Hermit when a ritual magic is needed.
These wild believers naturally became the hermit's bargaining chips, unknowingly so, since they had prayed to the "evil god." The hermit took a part of their fate as payment for the ritual magic.
There is a very true saying in the Fifth Age: Never believe in the mercy of the gods; you can only believe in their power. There are people who die mysteriously, or who fall ill, get injured, or go bankrupt due to various accidents.
However, some people, due to various unexpected events, become rich overnight, are appreciated by important figures, and encounter unexpected love... leading them down different life paths.
Even if it's used as a bargaining chip for a hermit, it's not entirely a bad thing. After all, even the greatest misfortune, when divided among hundreds of millions of lives, only falls on each person's head. The occasional chip that slips through the cracks and lands on an individual's head is the most direct favor from fate.
The White Emperor wasn't in a hurry to grasp the "uniqueness of fate." Since trying to grasp it would inevitably waste time, he might as well slowly weave his web and experience the wonder of fate along the way.
During this time, the hermit paid little attention to the wolf siblings who had come to him for refuge, and even though Antigonus possessed the uniqueness of the Fool, he still didn't care much.
Because the hermit discovered that the Fool's uniqueness, apart from potentially harming himself for various unexpected and unfounded reasons, seems to be of little use.
The uniqueness of destiny allows hermits to understand its changes, and the power of destiny is very intuitive.
What is the use of the Fool's Uniqueness? What is its authority? What abilities does it grant?
Grafting, the Fog of History (summoning images from historical gaps), and the Threads of the Spirit (mystic puppets) are extraordinary abilities characteristic of the Fool's Path. The Hermit has long mastered these abilities and can achieve them through his own magic without relying on the extraordinary characteristics of the Fool's Path.
The hermit has his own methods for resurrecting the dead, and there is no strict limit on the number of times he can do so.
A little bit of blind foolishness in one's heart? Forget it, I don't even consider it.
The only thing of value seems to be the power to "fool," the main effect of which is to make the false seem real, somewhat similar to the "fantasy come true" approach of the audience. It can fool time, fool history, and fool fate. But the hermit feels that even without the power to fool, he can still manipulate these things.
The so-called "fooling" is not as valuable as "grafting" here.
In summary, the Fool is unique; he's too lazy to even fight for it, and is less useful than a door or a mistake.
Therefore, Antigonus was doing quite well under the White Emperor's rule. Apart from occasionally having to accompany the White Emperor to cut meat and let the White Emperor see if there were any new ways to play the Fool's Path that the White Emperor didn't know, the wolf was much more comfortable than in the mountains. Now he even learned to use chopsticks or a knife and fork to eat meat.
As the White Emperor's "handing over of power" continued for a long time, the resulting power vacuum was enough to cultivate a large number of extraordinary individuals through the legal profession.
The Black Emperor, while centralized in his authority, could not bypass the White Emperor and directly command Trier and a large territory in the western part of the Northern Continent.
Solomon was rather tactful in his actions.
The remote control of Trier still relies on those "low-to-mid-sequence" "lawyers" who were sent to the White Emperor's side in the early years. These extraordinary individuals from the Black Emperor's path are very good at dealing with their superiors, and they have dutifully done a lot for the White Emperor over the years.
The White Emperor should also promote these extraordinary individuals, granting them higher titles and giving these lawyers the opportunity to obtain potion recipes and extraordinary materials from the Solomon Empire to advance their ranks.
Among these people were members of the Solomon family, but those who fared best under the White Emperor were certainly not members of the Black Emperor's clan. The most capable and outstanding among those who were not of Solomon's blood were mostly women.
The White Emperor didn't know how the Black Emperor had arranged things, but among those sent from the capital to his side, the majority who made it onto the promotion list were indeed women.
These noblewomen, countesses, and marquises quickly established themselves within the White Emperor's system. Many even formed marriage alliances with the White Emperor's core supporters. The most outstanding among them, who had fought his way out from among the princes, was someone even Xia Er had to admit was capable and handled matters properly. He stood respectfully at the bottom of the steps, bowing gracefully to the White Emperor at the head of the table.
She wore a black, asymmetrical dress, her azure eyes sharp and resolute, her brown hair cascading over her shoulders without being disheveled, and her cold face carrying the majesty of a great nobleman. Even just standing with her hands at her sides, she exuded an air of shrewdness and competence.
To gain the trust of both the Black Emperor and the White Emperor, to be extremely loyal to both emperors of the Solomon Empire without collapsing, to cooperate in advancing the different strategic needs of the two emperors, and to defeat other cunning competitors—such a talent's success is perhaps inevitable.
"Your Majesty, did you call for me?"
Alistair Tudor bowed slightly and asked respectfully yet crisply.
"Um."
The White Emperor gave a lukewarm response.
This was relatively calm, since he already knew that of the ten people on the list sent to him, half were surnamed Tudor, and of the five Tudors, three were women.
This seems to be a pre-arranged outcome.
The Turtle family, long a supporter of the Solomon family, is also an extraordinary family that has passed down the legal profession.
It's not hard to understand why the Black Emperor would choose the Tudor family—a family with experience, control, a clear background, and capabilities—to make his voice heard on the western side of the Northern Continent.
The White Emperor himself knew that the Black Emperor had also arranged for another subordinate family, the Ternsost family, to contact the elves on the island of Sonia, to contact the vampires in Backlund who were in charge of managing the area, and to contact several churches in the Northern Continent in other places, so that they could serve the Black Emperor's will in various places.
Essentially, these are all common political tactics. The White Emperor has a strong army, while the Black Emperor can only be subtle. Perhaps the person initially chosen to be in charge in Trier was a woman from the Tudor family, but the choice was not predetermined; rather, a real competition took place.
These candidates fought a fierce battle, much like raising poisonous insects.
The Tudor family eliminated the candidates from other vassal families; the women of the Tudor family eliminated the men of the Tudor family; and the women of Tudor, after a decisive battle within their own ranks, are now the ones who are able to come and pay homage to the White Emperor, Alistair Tudor.
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